Re: [users@httpd] serving pdf

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Boyle Owen wrote:
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From: Mike Dewhirst [mailto:miked@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sonntag, 5. März 2006 06:17
To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [users@httpd] serving pdf

How do I serve pdf output from python scripts directly to the user's browser?


The main thing is to set the mime type header so that the browser knows what to expect, eg:

	Content-type: application/pdf

It would also help if the extension is ".pdf" (The content-type is supposed to be authoritative but some browsers get mixed up if the extension doesn't match it).

Owen

Thanks heaps. I'm on to it.

Mike



Rgds,
Owen Boyle
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I know I can write the output to a pdf file and then serve an intermediate page containing a link or button for the user to click but I want to bypass that step.

The pdf output contains info the user wants to remain private so it would be brilliant to avoid writing it as a file then linking to it. I suppose I could delete the file afterwards if I'm forced to go that way.

Also, we don't want the user to be able to alter the content hence html output - although easy - is not the way to go.

Thanks for hints or links to more info. Professor Google hasn't been so helpful so far.

Mike

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